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Atria Books
Pub. Date:
2025
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English
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"The acclaimed author of the "dazzling" (Sara Gruen, #1 New York Times bestselling author) The Book of Speculation returns with an engrossing new novel about a bio-prosthetic surgeon and her personal AI as they are drawn into a catastrophic war. The cityof Bulwark is aptly named: a walled city built to protect and preserve the people who managed to survive a series of great cataclysms, Bulwark was founded on a system where sacrifice is rewarded by...
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1080L
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English
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Augustus Melmotte is a great financer and huge quantities of money pass through his hands. He is offered a seat in Parliament but no one thinks to examine the nature of his millions until he is caught forging the deeds to an estate he is buying.
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.
Don’t miss the five-part Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart!
Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability—the...
Don’t miss the five-part Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart!
Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability—the...
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450L
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English
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Each state in the United States has its own capital, and readers discover the importance of state capitals as they explore what it's like to live in one. As readers take in fun facts about the exciting places found in a capital city, they enhance their knowledge of essential social studies curriculum topics, such as kinds of communities and basic facts about state governments. Full-color photographs give readers a clear sense of what life in a state...
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Publisher:
Shambhala Publications, Inc
Pub. Date:
[2022]
Language:
English
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"Beloved Buddhist nun and bestselling author Pema Chödrön's wise words on working with the countless changes in our lives to find more freedom and less fear. As much as we might try to resist, endings happen in every moment--the end of a relationship, the end of a day, the end of a breath, and ultimately the end of life. And behind each ending is a beginning--though it may be unclear what the beginning holds. How We Live is How We'll Die shares...
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"Almut and Tobias are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. Through snapshots of their life together, falling for each other, building a home, becoming a family a difficult truth is revealed that rocks its foundation. As they embark on a path challenged by the limits of time, they learn to cherish each moment of the unconventional route their love story has taken, in filmmaker John Crowley's decade-spanning, deeply moving...
10. Bully
Publisher:
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date:
[2013]
Language:
English
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This is a character-driven documentary following five kids and families over the course of a school year. Offering insight into different facets of America's bullying crisis, the stories include two families who have lost children to suicide and a mother awaiting the fate of her 14-year-old daughter, who has been incarcerated after bringing a gun on her school bus. Documentary provides an intimate and often shocking glimpse into homes, classrooms,...
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Publisher:
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Researcher and thought leader Dr. Brené Brown offers a powerful new vision that encourages us to dare greatly: to embrace vulnerability and imperfection, to live wholeheartedly, and to courageously engage in our lives.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred
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Callisto Media
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
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Do you live your life to the fullest? Or does shame and the need for perfection prevent you from being vulnerable and facing your fears? Are you tired of shying away from challenges, and desire to live courageously?
Daring Greatly ...in 30 Minutes is the essential guide to quickly understanding how to embrace fears and live vulnerably as outlined in Brené Brown's best-selling book, Daring Greatly.
Understand the key ideas behind Daring Greatly
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"We Live in Water, the first collection of short fiction from New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter, is a suite of diverse, often comic stories about personal struggle and diminished dreams, all of them marked by the wry wit and generosity of spirit that has made him one of our most talked-about writers. In "Thief," a blue-collar worker turns unlikely detective to find out which of his kids is stealing from the family vacation fund. In "We...
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Tyndale House Publishers
Language:
English
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In the updated and expanded edition of this classic title, noted scholar Dr. Tim LaHaye gives reasons for believing that the Rapture and the Tribulation could occur during our generation. Ours is the first generation that has the technology and opportunity to fulfill many of the prophecies of Revelation. Understanding prophecy can be difficult and confusing. This book takes away all of the mystery-and the intimidation. It is user-friendly for the...
18. The Ways We Live
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Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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Beginning readers will explore how people live in different types of climates with this fun, nonfiction social studies book. They will learn how people stay warm in the snow, cool in the heat, and dry in the rain. To enhance the reading and learning experience, a Draw It! activity and Read and Respond questions are included in the back of the book. Teachers can integrate social studies content and language arts instruction with this short book that...
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English
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2000 Gold Medallion Award winner! Christianity is more than a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It is also a worldview that not only answers life's basic questions-Where did we come from, and who are we? What has gone wrong with the world? What can we do to fix it?-but also shows us how we should live as a result of those answers. How Now Shall We Live? gives Christians the understanding, the confidence, and the tools to confront the world's...
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Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date:
2024
Lexile measure:
1200L
Language:
English
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What's the big idea? Orca Think introduces us to the issues making headlines in the world today. It encourages us to question, connect and take action for a better future. With those tools we can all become better citizens. Now that's smart thinking! Part of the nonfiction Orca Think series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book introduces readers to ecological restoration and what they can do to help ecosystems in their own communities and...